Wind-shield.



Pontina EDWARDS STONE, or CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

WIND-SHIELD. i

x` Specification-Of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 8, i916.-

v Appneatien ieaiiecember 16, 1910. serial No. 597,629. l

4.To all whom, 'it inayboncern': i f

Be 'it-known that I, PORTER E. STONE, citizen' of theUnited4 States, residing at Chicago, inthe VVcounty of Cook and State of Illinois, have .invented a certain new and useful -Iinprovement in nd-Shields, of

which the following is a specification.

Thisfinveiition relates to an 'article of' manufacture ,particularly .adapted for use in c onnectioiiwith wind shields,fand has for its object to provide a new land improved device of this description.`

The inventionis illustrated `in the accom panying drawings, wherein- Figure l'is a'rview of the device as 4applie to a wind shield in connection with an automobile; Fig52 isa view in part section show-V ing theoperating and holding 'mechanism 'for .the shield; Fig. 3 is a sectional view takeno'iiline 3-43 'of Fig.- 2. i

.. Like'nuinerals refer vto like I parts through- Oiit*the''several` figures.

Inthe drawings I have illustrated the de# Y vice asfapplied to a closed automobile body;

'llhe shield 1 is Inovably supported in position." Connected with the wind shield is a rodB.' {Mounted upon one` end of the rod Sis asleeve 4, carrying a toothed wheel 5 30- whichy in the drawing is shown as a beveled pinion, Connected with a stationary part is a f hollow portion 6 provided with teeth which' engage the teeth on the 4toothed wheel 5.1,-A3 spring 7 engages the wheel 5 and a shoulder 8 on the rod 3 and normally holds the teeth. ofthe wheel 5 and the part y6 in A controlling part 9 passes and is'fastened tothe'sleeve 4. This part prevents the pinion from rotating with relation to `the rod 3, but permits it to'be moved longitudinally with relation thereto to disengage its teeth from the teeth of the hollow portionG. .The iframe 11 of the wind shield is cut away so as toreceive the hollow portion 6 and wheel 5 and leave space for the movement of said wheel. The sleeve 4c is mounted in aI bracket 12 fastened to the frame of the wind shield. This bracket is slotted at 13, andthe controlling part9 projects therethrough. This controlling part is provided with a handle piece 14 on the inside of the wind shield, by means of which it can be easily controlled. The end 15 off the controlling part projects beyond the bracket 12 on the outside of the wind shield so that the wnd shield can be easily controlled from the outside of the car. An in-A closing p iece 16 is connected with the bracket 12 andv incloses the space`17 in'which the wheel is moved in disengaging it from the hollow portion 6. The hollow portion 6 is connected to a i'iXed part in any desired manner," as .by being connected to the top 18 of the automobile body and to the `rod 19.

In the construction shown there is a fixed wind shield 20 below the adjustable wind shield l. The 'wind shield may have the y lwheel 5 andl associated parts at one 4side only .orat both sides, as shown in the drawing.

When it is desired to move the wind shield,

i the operator grasps the handle piece 14 and moves the controlling part 9,` sleeve 4 and 'pinion 5 against the pressure of the sprintf` 7, that is, to the right in Fig. 2, so as to di;

, engage the teeth of the wheel 5 'and hollow portion 6. The wind shield niay then be movedto any desired angle. Then the controlling part .9 is `released the spring then moves the teeth of the wheel 5 into engagement`with the teeth of the hollow portion 6, and holds the wind shield in this position.

1I claim:

1". IAn article of manufacture comprising a frame, a rod oonnectedwith said frame,'a sleeve slidably mounted upon said rod, a toothed wheel at the end of said sleeve and larger in diameterthan thesleeve, a fixed toothed part in proximity to said toothed wheel and adapted to engage said wheel and 'prevent its rotation, and a, controlling device for moving said toothed wheel so as to permit 'the frame to be moved to various positions.

2. An article of manufacture comprising a frame, a rod connected with said frame, a support with which said rod is connected, a tooth Vpart on said support, a tooth wheel slidably mounted on said rod and engaging said tooth part, a projecting sleeve connected with said -wheel and smaller in diameter than the wheel, a hollow inclosing piece connected with said frame and into which.'

said wheel is received when moved to its disengagng position, a projecting bracket con nected with said hollow inclosing piece and in which said sleeve isslidably mounted, and

axis, a rod extending through said Wheel, a

sleeve connected with said wheel, a bracket through. which said rod passes. .Said sleeve projecting'into said. bracket, a fixed toothed part adapted to 4engage said toothed Wheel, said bracketsleeve and rod provided with longitudinal through, said openings registering, and a controlling device extending through said ,openings for moving said toothed wheel in the direction of its axis to disengage it from thefixed part.

Li. An article of manufacture comprising a frame mounted so that it can be moved to various positions, a rod connected with said frame, a sleeve slidabl)7 mounted on said 'i-od, va toothed ivheel connected with said `sleeve. ,a fixed part having teeth which engage the teeth of said toothed wheel to'liold the frame in any desired position, a' con# .trolling part for said toothed Wheel extend- 'ing through said sleeve and said rod, and a bracket surrounding said sleeve and fixed to. said frame.

An article of manufacture'comprising a frame for vehicles niovably mounted in positioli and provided -ivith a toothed Wheel, a rod extending through said toothed Wheel,

openings extendingthere-l a. fixed part having teeth engaging theiteeth of the toothed Wheel to hold the' shieldin position, said toothed Wheel mounted upon a frame, a locking part `connected with said 'fi-ame, comprising a series of converging teeth, a stationary hollow cooperating locking pait provided onits inner face with cooperating converging teeth-and into which the locking part connected with the frame is received, and means for separating said ,cooperating`r converging teeth to vai-3T the position of said frame and a retracting Spring contained within saidlocking part on Said frame. l 1 l PORTER EDVARDS STONE.

Witnesses:

Enxii K. Ri5rNOLDS, SoriiingB. VERNER. 

